Silent Hill: Homecoming might get toned down for Oz release

Silent Hill: Homecoming, now that it's been refused classification in …

In the wake of the banning of Silent Hill: Homecoming from Australia's shores, rumors are starting to surface that Konami might be making some editorial changes to the game in order to get it classified. The country's Film Classification Board has revealed, in detail, which scenes in the title were so controversial, which only makes things a bit more confusing.

IGN spoke to Atari (who handles Konami's games in Australia) about the issue, and a spokesman said that the company would like to have Homecoming's violent scenes modified/toned down in order to give the game a shot at earning an MA15+ rating when it's resubmitted early next year. The sequences the classification board found so objectionable, it turns out, involved some pretty brutal torture sequences featuring a fair degree of violence and gore: one example includes a sequence in which the game's protagonist has a drill shoved into his eye, to have a flood of blood pour out.

While torture sequences are oftentimes a bit difficult to swallow, the level of gore and violence listed by the Board doesn't sound any more objectionable than the content in games like Resident Evil 4 or Silent Hill 2, both of which were released in the country. In the meantime, gamers hoping to change the mind of the Classification Board can go here and register their displeasure at the attempted censorship of their favorite games.